The quintet of Bailey (one goal), Baptiste (1+1), Fasching (2+1), Guhle (1+2) and Smith (1+2) combined for 12 points. Vaclav Karabacek also scored a goal for the Sabres, while Cliff Pu and Vasily Glotov each tallied a pair of assists.
Only two of those goals were scored at even strength, one of which was scored into an empty net by Fasching with 1:05 remaining. The Sabres scored four times on the power play, while Bailey found the back of the net on a shorthanded breakaway.
Guhle in particular provided a glimpse of the versatility he might one day mean to the Buffalo power play. His assist on Fasching's power-play goal in the first period came in the form of a one-time shot from the point, creating a rebound for the forward to clean up and give the Sabres a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, Guhle showed his ability to move with speed and join the rush. He carried the puck across his own blue line and through the neutral zone before passing to Smith along the right wall. Smith fed a perfect pass back to Guhle at the Boston net-front, setting the latter up for a tap-in goal.
"I came in and saw C.J. over there," Guhle said. "He was open so I gave it to him and I just went to the net for a mid-lane and that's a pretty standard paly coming in off the rush. I know it was a power play and all but still, you never know. He made a perfect pass right on my tape."
A standard play, perhaps, but not something you normally expect to see from a 20-year-old defenseman.
"His speed there, and he continued on his route and scored backside there, it was amazing," Rochester Americans coach Chris Taylor said. "Not too many guys as a defenseman would continue to keep going, especially when you pass it off to the side there. Just a smart play, and he's a smart player."